Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire

Ministry of Finance — one of the Russian Empire's central public institutions, in charge of financial and economic policy.

The ministry was established on 8 September 1802, and reorganized in 1810–11. By the end of the 19th century, it consisted of a:

• Ministerial Council
• General and Special Offices for Crediting
• Department of the State Treasury - controlling the movement of the funds and keeping the account for all the treasuries
• Department of Assessed contributions - for taxes and Zemstvo duties
• Department of Customs Duties
• Department of Railway Affairs
• Department of Unassessed taxes and for State sales of Spirits
• Central Weights and Measures Board
• number of permanent Committees and Councils.

See also

• List of Finance Ministers of Imperial Russia